DIASS LS1

• Social Science


  The branch of science devoted to the study of human societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world around us. Concerned with the systematic study of social phenomena.
• Social science is a branch of science that deals with the institutions, the functioning of human society, and the interpersonal relationship of individuals as members of the society.
• Social science provides vital information for governments and policymakers, local authorities, nongovernmental organizations, and others.
• Social science is about how people interact with others in their society and how societies interact with each other.
• Branches of Social Science

  • Economics
  • Anthropology
  • History
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Geography
  • Demography
  • Linguistics
• Economics


  Studies the allocation of scarce resources and the production and exchange of goods and services in society. Concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
• Anthropology


  The scientific study of humans and their cultures in the past and present time.
• History


  The systematic study of human past events in order to understand the meaning, dynamics, and relationship of the cause and effects of events in the development of societies.
• Political Science


  Primarily studies human behavior in relation to political systems, governments, laws, and international relations.
• Psychology


  Studies how the human mind works in consonance with the body to produce thoughts that lead to individual actions.
• Geography


  The study of interaction between people and their environments.
• Demography


  The study of a population based on factors such as age, race and sex. Governments, corporations and nongovernment organizations use demographics to learn more about a population's characteristics for many purposes, including policy development and economic market research.
• Linguistics


  The scientific study of language and its structure. It involves analyzing language form, language meaning and language in context.
• Applied Social Science


  Branch of study that applies the different concepts, theoretical models, and theories of the social science disciplines to help understand society and the different problems and issues. Utilized to provide alternative solutions to the diverse problem of the society.
• Applied social science disciplines, professions and occupations seek to use basic social science research and theory to improve the daily life of communities, organizations and persons.
• Applied social science is about putting theories in to practice and interfacing directly with the public.
• Three Main Career Tracks for Applied Social Scientist

  • Counselling
  • Social Work
  • Communication Studies
• Counselling


  Provides guidance, help, and support to individuals who are distraught by a diverse set of problems in their lives. A process of guiding a person during a stage of life when reassessments or decisions have to be made about himself or herself and his or her life course. Utilizes appraisal and assessment to aid counselling by gathering information about clients through the use of psychological tests and non-psychometric devices. Empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Provides healing, courage, strength for and an individual to face his/her issues and take up the best possible option in moments of life crises. Involves helping people make needed changes in ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
• Types of Counselling


  • Guidance counselling
  • Life coaching
  • Career counselling
  • Personal growth counselling
• Social Work


  Practitioners help individuals, families, and groups, communities to improve their individual and collective well-being. Promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships, and the empowerment and liberation of people.
• Communication Studies


  Applied social science provide adequate training for careers in the field of journalism and mass communication because of multidisciplinary knowledge and skills that graduates learn from social sciences. Provides accessibility information to and thereby serves the rights of an individual and the public to be informed. Focuses on how humans use verbal and nonverbal messages to create meaning in various contexts across cultures using a variety of channels and media.